GOLDEN REVERBERATOR, STARLIGHT ECHO STATION & ASTRA MODULATION MACHINE
When an established company moves into the pedal market for the very first time, our interest is naturally piqued. When that company has the pedigree of Universal Audio, our interest isn’t so much piqued as blown up to bursting point like a party balloon.
Quite aside from its long history in professional studio recording equipment and software, Universal Audio is the brand behind the Ox Amp Top Box, the award-hogging device that lets you capture the essence of your loudest valve amplifier at neighbour-friendly volume levels. So UA’s decision to launch multi-mode modulation, delay and reverb units that promise studio-quality tones in stompbox form? It’s quite the big deal.
Of course, there’s an awful lot of competition in the premium digital sphere. The approach here, then, has been
